FIRST CLASS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1183050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

First Class Foundation A charity that supports young people aged BAME 13-25 from the west midlands to tackle youth violence and build mental health resilience & connect them to their purpose by exposing them to new opportunities.We are passionate about challenging the over representation and under representation of BAME young people in key sectors.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Walsall, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£112k
Latest spending
£210k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided text is a metadata log for an 'Accounts Y.E.31.10.2025 Final Audit Report' created and signed on September 1, 2026. It contains no financial figures, narrative commentary, or substantive accounting data regarding the charity's financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2025 (received 09/09/2026, 9 days after the 31/08/2026 due date); year ending 31/10/2024 (received 01/09/2025, 1 day after the 31/08/2025 due date); year ending 31/10/2023 (received 25/09/2024, 25 days after the 31/08/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2023)

Total income
£760k
Total spending
£624k
Reserves (reported)
£397k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£112k£210k
31/10/2024£307k£355k
31/10/2023£760k£624k
31/10/2022£596k£482k
31/10/2021£330k£256k

Common questions

Is FIRST CLASS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided text is a metadata log for an 'Accounts Y.E.31.10.2025 Final Audit Report' created and signed on September 1, 2026. It contains no financial figures, narrative commentary, or substantive accounting data regarding the charity's financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Who funds FIRST CLASS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FIRST CLASS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE EQUITIX FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EQUITIX FOUNDATIONFY2023£34k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2024£18kOur Life; Our Story

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN FIRST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FIRST CLASS FOUNDATION£112k——unclear—no doubt
YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN FIRST FY2025£667k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2024£1.7m—0unclear—noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.